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41) Paper Dolls
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Paper Dolls" is a documentary film which explores changing patterns of global immigration and expanding notions of family through the prism of a community of Filipino transvestites who live illegally in Israel. Cast out by their families because of their sexual and gender preferences, these people work 6 days a week as live-in, 24 hour a day care givers (and in many cases as surrogate children) for elderly orthodox Jewish men, in order to earn money...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
While the regional governments remained fragmented at the turn of the Common Era, the Brahmins worked to rebuild their cultural prominence. They formally developed what is today Hinduism, thanks to a series of written manuals, or shastras, which lay out the principles of an ideal life—including notions of dharma, kama, artha, and moksha.
44) Indian Sultans
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The binary opposition between Hindus and Muslims oversimplifies what has always been a complex relationship. Here, you’ll study that relationship as you meet some of the most prominent Muslim rulers, or Sultans, from the 9th to the 16th centuries. Explore their kingdoms throughout India and their legacies.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Bangladesh—formerly East Pakistan and the Bengal region of India—was partitioned three times in the 20th century: first by the British in 1905, and then during independence in 1947, and finally from Pakistan in 1971. Professor Fisher reveals this relatively young nation’s turbulent history and explores some of its contemporary challenges.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Tension between the British and the South Asians came to a boil in 1857, when a group of Indian soldiers rose up against the British army—to disastrous consequences. Consider the context and historical impact of this pivotal year, which forever changed the nature of British rule in India.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In the wake of the Mauryan Empire’s collapse, many regional dynasties emerged across the north and northwest. Unpack the fascinating history of these two macro-regions. Learn about several of the major ethnic groups and the Silk Road trade routes, and then round out the lecture with a study of the famous Gupta dynasty.
48) Easy Like Water
Publisher
The Video Project
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Easy Like Water profiles one man's resourceful quest to fight the effects of climate change in the developing world through the power of “design for good” – a growing global movement to encourage design-driven social change as a community-based response to the challenges brought on by the new climate reality.. In Bangladesh, a country with 160 million people in an area the size of Iowa, water poses a relentless and growing threat to millions...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The Bhagavad Gita is arguably one of the most famous texts in world history. Explore the origins and context for the story, delve into the complexities of philosophy and religion that the narrative contains, and understand why it has resonated throughout Indian history and around the world. See how its wisdom is still the basis for Hinduism today.
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The critically acclaimed, The Missing Picture, a 2014 Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language film, is filmmaker Rithy Panh’s personal quest to re-imagine his childhood memories. From the time when the Khmer Rouge ruled over Cambodia between 1975 and 1979, the only recorded artifacts that remain are propaganda footage. Panh uses beautifully detailed sculpted clay figurines and elaborate dioramas to recreate the missing images from his memory. His...
Publisher
All Channel Films
Pub. Date
1979.
Language
English
Description
Rubber legs, the master of Northern Drunken boxing and Mantis fist travels to .Canton in search of China’s master of Southern Drunken boxing. Sam the Seeds .wants to challenge him to a death duel so he can beat the drunken boxer in China. However, Sam the Seeds and adopted son Foggy puts Rubber legs plan into disarray.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In 500 B.C.E., the old Vedic social order was changing as the merchant classes began to achieve upward mobility. Along with these radical cultural and economic changes, alternative religious models emerged to compete with the Vedic cosmology. Here, you’ll survey Jainism’s origins and philosophy, which require a life of total nonviolence.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Continue your study of the Mauryan Empire with Chandragupta’s grandson, Emperor Ashoka, who even today is likely the most famous individual from ancient India. After consolidating his territory in a vicious war, Ashoka became a Buddhist and a model benevolent ruler.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Follow the careers of Indira Gandhi and her children, who led India through many changes in the late 20th century, including the State of Emergency, the rise of ethnic political organizations such as the Sikhs and the Tamils, the nuclear arms race with Pakistan, and numerous transitions of leadership.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Over 5,000 years, India has been home to a rich tapestry of cultures, and the lands east of the Indus River have long been a hub for trade and cultural exchange. Today the subcontinent contains 20% of the world’s population and is an economic powerhouse. Go inside this thrilling story with A History of India, a breathtaking survey of South Asia from its earliest societies through the challenges of the 21st century.
56) War is Hell
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
As troop morale declined, US generals began to advocate for a more aggressive strategy to take the war to the NLF, abandoning the idea that South Vietnam could take back the North without US assistance..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Continue your study of the Mughal Empire by tracing the rule of Emperor Akbar. During his dramatic five-decade reign, he truly established the empire for the long term thanks to several key initiatives: drawing regional rulers into his army, encouraging interreligious marriage, transforming the administrative system, and creating an imperial ideology based on various mystical ideas and practices.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
After World War II, a tense series of events led the subcontinent’s brutal partition into India and Pakistan—majority Hindu and Muslim nations, respectively. Find out how the British, battered by the war, ceded their empire and hastily created two nation-states whose borders and contested identities left a troubled legacy felt even today.
59) Autumn Gem
Publisher
Adam Tow
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Meet the "Chinese Joan of Arc,"Qiu Jin (秋瑾) (1875-1907), a radical women’s rights activist who defied tradition to become the leader of a revolutionary army. Qiu Jin boldly challenged traditional gender roles and demanded equal rights and opportunities for women. She was the first woman to lead an armed uprising against the corrupt Qing Dynasty, for which she was arrested and executed. She became the first female martyr for China’s 1911 Revolution...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Three main cultures inhabited the ancient Indian subcontinent. In this lecture, you’ll study the first group, the Adivasi, aboriginal forest dwellers who once comprised the entirety of South Asia’s population. See how genetic and linguistic analysis informs us about the Adivasi of 30,000 years ago—and learn about their status in India today.
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